The worst sin that can be committed against the artist is to take him at his word, to see in his work a fulfillment instead of an horizon.

Quote by Henry Miller

Topics: Henry Miller Quotes

The real leader has no need to lead - he is content to point the...

The real leader has no need to lead - he is content to point the...

Honest criticism means nothing: what one wants is unrestrained passion, fire for fire.

Honest criticism means nothing: what one wants is unrestrained passion, fire for fire.

The stabbing horror of life is not contained in calamities and disasters, because these things...

The stabbing horror of life is not contained in calamities and disasters, because these things...

Music is a beautiful opiate, if you don't take it too seriously.

Music is a beautiful opiate, if you don't take it too seriously.

Man has demonstrated that he is master of everything except his own nature.

Man has demonstrated that he is master of everything except his own nature.

Life has to be given a meaning because of the obvious fact that it has...

Life has to be given a meaning because of the obvious fact that it has...

We create our fate every day we liveWe create our fate every day we live

We create our fate every day we liveWe create our fate every day we live

We live at the edge of the miraculous.

We live at the edge of the miraculous.

Develop interest in life as you see it; in people, things, literature, music. The world...

Develop interest in life as you see it; in people, things, literature, music. The world...

An artist is always alone - if he is an artist. No, what the artist...

An artist is always alone - if he is an artist. No, what the artist...

There is nothing strange about fear: no matter in what guise it presents itself it...

There is nothing strange about fear: no matter in what guise it presents itself it...

The waking mind is the least serviceable in the arts.

The waking mind is the least serviceable in the arts.

Music is a beautiful opiate, if you don't take it too seriously

Music is a beautiful opiate, if you don't take it too seriously

Back of every creation, supporting it like an arch, is faith. Enthusiasm is nothing: it...

Back of every creation, supporting it like an arch, is faith. Enthusiasm is nothing: it...

The one thing we can never get enough of is love. And the one thing...

The one thing we can never get enough of is love. And the one thing...

We live in the mind, in ideas, in fragments. We no longer drink in the...

We live in the mind, in ideas, in fragments. We no longer drink in the...

Chaos is the score upon which reality is written.

Chaos is the score upon which reality is written.

The City of New York is like an enormous citadel, a modern Carcassonne. Walking between...

The City of New York is like an enormous citadel, a modern Carcassonne. Walking between...

America is another name for opportunity.

America is another name for opportunity.

Every person on the streets of New York is a type. The city is one...

Every person on the streets of New York is a type. The city is one...

Cities are the abyss of the human species

Cities are the abyss of the human species